the founding of jersey (East and West) in 1638 the new Sweden was founded and continued to be until 1626. in 1626 the colony the New Nether land was founded by the Dutch by conquering it from new Sweden . This colony continued to be until 1664 when king charles 2 conquered it from the Dutch. King Charels 2 gave it to his brother the duke of york and he renamed it to New York. he thought it was too big for his new colony so he gave Half of it to 2 of his friends Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. in 1676 the colony was divided into east and west jersey one part for each of them.
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Important events* as mentioned in new jersey was split into north and west new jersey. In 1 702 though queen anne made east and west jersey combined into one royal colony (New Jersey). A royal colony is were a colony is under direct order frome the queen or king.
* In 1721 William Trent establishes Trenton, which is present day Trenton. Trenton is New jersey's capital. *In 1609 Henry hudson was sailing up a river in The "Half Moon" which would bear his name. The River was named after him because His Exploration of it of it led to the dutch colonization in the area, so in honor they named it after him. The hudson river is now the borderline of New Jersey and New York. |